Confluences of Law and History

Irish Legal History Society Discourses, 2011-2021

Niamh Howlin and Felix M. Larkin

“Confluences of Law and History is a collection of papers composed for the Irish Legal Society by esteemed scholars, including Jane Ohlmeyer, Paul Bew, Patrick Geoghegan and regular History Ireland contributor Felix Larkin.” Daragh Fitzgerald, History Ireland, September/October 2025.

“A humdinger of a book …  Confluences of Law and History is an eclectic mix of essays on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth century. It certainly boasts as authors a plethora of distinguished legal eagles and historians ... These essays not only cover purely legal issues, but also constitutional, political, social, religious, cultural and economic overlaps with the law, attesting to its centrality, or perhaps sometimes its absence, in shaping and forming the intertwined history of these islands, and its significance in providing continuity and a sort of societal glue in times of stress and transition ... This beautifully-produced and well-edited volume is a fitting tribute to the extensive influence of the ILHS in both the legal and historical fields, indeed often melding them and welding them into a satisfying coherent whole.” Dr Ian d’Alton